Induced variations of ethyl methane sulfonate mutagenized cowpea (Vigna unguiculata L. walp) plants
Unique variants are desired in the development of genetically improved crops to meet farmer and market needs hence ethyl methane sulfonate (EMS) was used to induce genetic variability in cowpea ( Vigna unguiculata cv. Asontem ). The main objective of this research was to characterize induced variati...
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| Published in: | Frontiers in plant science Vol. 13; p. 952247 |
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| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
| Format: | Journal Article |
| Language: | English |
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05-08-2022
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| Summary: | Unique variants are desired in the development of genetically improved crops to meet farmer and market needs hence ethyl methane sulfonate (EMS) was used to induce genetic variability in cowpea (
Vigna unguiculata
cv.
Asontem
). The main objective of this research was to characterize induced variations in EMS chemically mutagenized population of cowpea (
Vigna unguiculata
L. Walp Var. Asontem) in the M
1
and M
2
generations. The optimum concentration (LD50) of EMS for generating the mutagenized population was determined by treating seeds with different concentrations of EMS (0.0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, and 0.8% v/v) and observing the germination count after 5 days of planting the seeds in Petri dishes. Three thousand cowpea seeds were treated with the 0.4% EMS to generate the M
1
and M
2
populations that were evaluated for agronomic and morphological traits with untreated seeds serving as control. Data analysis involved distribution of qualitative and quantitative traits. Germination was significantly reduced in the mutagenized population (17.8%) and compared with that of the wild type (61.6%). Percentage survival was significantly higher in wild type (98.38%) as compared with the M
1
population (78.46%). Percentage germination in the M
2
population (74.03%) was lower than the wild type (80%). A wide spectrum of agro-morphological abnormalities was observed in the M
2
population. Wide variations and uniquely different phenotypic classes were observed in leaf color, leaf shape, growth habit, plant pigmentation, twining tendency, pod curvature, seed shape, and seed coat color. M
2
individuals were widely distributed for days to flowering, number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, number of locules per pods, percentage seed set, pod length and number of seeds per plant. In conclusion, the EMS mutagenesis was effective in inducing the unique variations that will be useful for breeding and development of new farmer preferred varieties. |
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| Bibliography: | ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 Edited by: David W. M. Leung, University of Canterbury, New Zealand This article was submitted to Plant Biotechnology, a section of the journal Frontiers in Plant Science Reviewed by: Svetla Sofkova-Bobcheva, Massey University, New Zealand; Vincent Awe Ezin, Université d’Abomey-Calavi, Benin |
| ISSN: | 1664-462X 1664-462X |
| DOI: | 10.3389/fpls.2022.952247 |